ICE-DEIGH

ice deigh

THE WEATHER

Weather

hot/cold teth/fuar

wet/dry fluich/tiram

downpour tuirice deigh

Looks like it is a tuirice deigh (below)

PERSONAL PRONOUNS

Personal Pronouns

prounoun Emphatic form

I/me mi mise (me) mi fhin (myself)

you thu thusa thu thein (yourself, etc)

he/him (masc) e esan e fbein

we/us sinn sinne sin fhin

you sibh sibbse sibh fbein

they/them iad iadsan iad fbein

AIMSIR (WEATHER)

aimsir weather

aimsir weather

aimsir weatheraimsir weather

TRAIGH (BEACH)

traigh (traae) beach

traighean (traae-en) beaches

traigh beach

traigh beachtraigh beach

Greetings in gaelic

Cheers. Slainte

Congratulations. Meallaibh ur naidcheaachd

Good luck. Gur math a their leibh

Merry Christmas. Nallaig Chudheil

Hogmanay. Bliad hna mhath ur

THE REGULAR VERB-FUTURE TENSE

The Regular Verb, Future Tense

NOTES

1. To form the future tense of the regular verb, we add “idh” (“aidh” if the last vowel is broad) to the root, which in all cases is the second person singular imperative, e.g,:

cuir put cuiridh (kooir-e) shall, will put

tog lift togaidh (tok-e) shall, will lift

2. To ask a question in the future tense, we put “an” (“am before b, f, m, or p) before the root, e’g.:

an cuir mi? shall I put.

The affirmative answer to “an cuir” is “cuiridh”

and the negative is “chan chuir”.

Before vowels, the negative “cha” becomes “chan”,

e.g.:

An ol mi seo? Shall I drink this?

The affirmative answer is “olaidh”, and the negative is “chan ol”.

SCOTTISH GAELIC LESSONS

AT THE DINNER TABLE

GAELIC ENGLISH

spain spoon

cupa cup

sasar saucer

sgain knife

tubhaite tablecloth

coir kettle

gas gas

bord table

uighean eggs

bainne milk

SUMMER

traigh beach

traighean beaches

air traighean on beaches

traigha of a beach

traighean of beaches

FAMILY

aithair father

atharaichean fathers

le athair with a father

le athraichean with fathers

athar of a father

athraichean of fathers

pither sister

peathraichean sisters

peathar sister

peathrachean sisters

le piuthar with a sister

le peathracheanwith isters

peathar of a sister

pheathraichean of sisters

braithar brother

braithean brothers

le braithrean with brothers

le braithair with a brother

braithar of a brother

bharaithrean of brothers

seanair grandfather

seanarean grandfathers

ler seanair with a grandfather

le seanarean with grandfathers

AT THE DINNER TABLE

Gaelic lessons

AT THE DINNER TABLE

GAELIC ENGLISH

spain spoon

cupa cup

sasar saucer

sgain knife

tubhaite tablecloth

coir kettle

gas gas

bord table

uighean eggsbainne milk

GAELIC (GOOD DAY)

Good Day Failte

Good Day Failte

Good Day FailteGood Day Failte